Subglacial topography, ice thickness, and bathymetry of Kongsfjorden, northwestern Svalbard

Lindbäck, Katrin; Kohler, Jack; Pettersson, Rickard; Nuth, Christopher; Langley, Kirsty; Messerli, Alexandra; Vallot, Dorothée; Matsuoka, Kenichi; Brandt, Ola

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1769-2018

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1769-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1769-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

04 Oct 2018

| 04 Oct 2018

Subglacial topography, ice thickness, and bathymetry of Kongsfjorden, northwestern Svalbard

Katrin Lindbäck, Jack Kohler, Rickard Pettersson, Christopher Nuth, Kirsty Langley, Alexandra Messerli, Dorothée Vallot, Kenichi Matsuoka, and Ola Brandt

Data sets

Subglacial topography, ice thickness, and bathymetry of Kongsfjorden, northwestern Svalbard K. Lindbäck, J. Kohler, R. Pettersson, C. Nuth, K. Langley, A. Messerli, D. Vallot, K. Matsuoka, and O. Brandt https://doi.org/10.21334/npolar.2017.702ca4a7

Short summary

Tidewater glaciers terminate directly into the sea and the glacier fronts are important feeding areas for birds and marine mammals. Svalbard tidewater glaciers are retreating, which will affect fjord circulation and ecosystems when glacier fronts end on land. In this paper, we present digital maps of ice thickness and topography under five tidewater glaciers in Kongsfjorden, northwestern Svalbard, which will be useful in studies of future glacier changes in the area.